Battlefield 3
In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines. As the first boots on the ground, players will experience heart-pounding missions across diverse locations including Paris, Tehran and…
Battlefield 3 is a shooter developed by EA Digital Illusions CE, released 25 October 2011 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 6.5 hrs to finish.
What Battlefield 3 is
Battlefield 3 is a shooter game developed by EA Digital Illusions CE and released in 2011. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Frostbite.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines. They will experience heart-pounding single player missions and competitive multiplayer action ranging across diverse locations from around the globe.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, stealth and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 34 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Battlefield series
Battlefield 3 is the 11th of 22 entries we hold in the Battlefield series. It arrived 10 months after Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam. The next entry was Battlefield 4 in 2013. Its critic score of 85 is almost exactly the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is Battlefield 2 at 93.
How it was received
Battlefield 3 holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 1,084 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 55.5 hrs, roughly 8.5 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz) and 2 GB RAM. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 20GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Battlefield 3 launched on 25 October 2011, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception and Assassin's Creed Revelations. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Assassin's Creed Revelations.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Battlefield 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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